Question

I’m trying to develop a little C# application (with MS Visual Express and SQL Server) and am having an issue trying to figure out the error dialog that pops up: ‘the event log file is full’

I’m following these instructions: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa983322.aspx

In MS Visual C#, I have the ‘Database Explorer’ window open. There is an item that says ‘Data Connections’. When I right click on that item, and click ‘Add Connection…’ that’s when I get the error message.

My system is Windows XP SP2.

Any help understanding this would be appreciated. I’m not new to SQL (I’m a MySQL person), but I am still new to the MS SQL Server stuff.

-Adeena

Answer 1

Empty the event log and try again:

• Windows-R (‘Run’) – eventvwr
• For each event log (in the left hand pane) right-click and select ‘Clear all events’ (backing up the existing log if you care)